as in obscures
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
picture postcards never show those not-infrequent days when the coastal scenery is fuzzed up by fog
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The delicate curtain slightly obscures a digital color photograph of a drawing by a museum employee reimagining Picasso’s painting.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025 -
Relatively high coverage at the national and state levels obscures the fact that in some local areas, vaccine coverage is low due to high numbers of exemptions, putting clusters of children at greater risk of disease.—
Simon Williams,
Time,
8 Sep. 2025
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For all their evident overlap, the two marketplaces serve different crowds — even as the boundary between art and design blurs (Basic.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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Alcohol blurs a person's judgment, reaction time and abilities.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The radiant point of the Perseids is the constellation Perseus, which, from the Northern Hemisphere, rises in the northeast as the sky darkens during August.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Blocking the sunlight also darkens his living spaces.—
Roxana Popescu,
Mercury News,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Fuzzes (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fuzzes%20%28up%29. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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